Bid to stop youth exodus

The Australian Greens are surveying young Tasmanians to find out how to stop them leaving the state for work.

The Tasmanian Youth Employment Survey will ask Tasmanians 16 to 24 across the state about the employment opportunities they want to see in the state.

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says the state's long-term economic development planning should start by taking into account what young people want.

"It's time that we actually quantified what the youth want in terms of employment opportunities in this state," he said.

"If we're serious about rebuilding our economy, taking a long term view, a long term vision, then we really need to start asking our kids today what exactly it is that they want to stay on the island and feel secure about their future here.

"Now of course there's no guarantee we'll be able to offer those because we have certain competitive advantages being an island state, but we also know that there's industries that we don't have here that youth are very interested in."